Patents by Inventor Daniel Voelkerding

Daniel Voelkerding has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Flange bearing frog crossing
    Patent number: 8870129
    Abstract: The invention may be described as including a crossing panel assembly for a railway intersection, as well as a rail intersection design and a frog casting therefor. The present invention may be used for single and multiple crossings as will be appreciated from the description and drawings. The invention may be described as including a crossing panel assembly for a railway intersection, as well as a rail intersection design and a frog casting therefor. The present invention may be characterized as a frog containing panel system assembled with an array of castings that form a full flange bearing crossing to provide a rail intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Voelkerding, James A. Remington
  • Flange bearing frog crossing
    Patent number: 8870128
    Abstract: The invention may be described as including a crossing panel assembly for a railway intersection, as well as a rail intersection design and a frog casting therefor. The present invention may be used for single and multiple crossings as will be appreciated from the description and drawings. The invention may be described as including a crossing panel assembly for a railway intersection, as well as a rail intersection design and a frog casting therefor. The present invention may be characterized as a frog containing panel system assembled with an array of castings that form a full flange bearing crossing to provide a rail intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Voelkerding, James A. Remington
  • Movable bridge joint guard arrangement with replaceable guard plate insert
    Patent number: 8720793
    Abstract: The invention is a guarded rail section for a movable bridge rail joint, the arrangement comprising: (a) a gage side guard plate having a gage side guard plate interior surface, (b) a field side guard plate having a field side guard plate interior surface, the gage side guard plate and field side guard plate defining a rail channel; and (c) a rail portion disposed in the rail channel, wherein the gage side guard plate interior surface defines an insert channel along its top portion, and there is provided a top portion insert removably attached into the insert channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl E. Axthelm, James A. Remington, Daniel Voelkerding
  • Elevated frog and rail track assembly
    Patent number: 8424813
    Abstract: The invention is a frog panel assembly for a railway turn-out switch, as well as a rail intersection design and a frog casting therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Voelkerding, James A. Remington
  • Elevated frog and rail track assembly
    Patent number: 8424812
    Abstract: The invention is a frog panel assembly for a railway turn-out switch, as well as a rail intersection design and a frog casting therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Voelkerding, James A. Remington
  • Flange bearing frog crossing intersection casting
    Patent number: D679032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Voelkerding, James A. Remington
  • Flange bearing frog crossing extension casting
    Patent number: D679427
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Cleveland Track Material, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Voelkerding, James A. Remington